Typical Labour. I’m alright Jack…..

[Mottie]

If compulsory where does the council get the money from? What valuation? House prices increase even if just due to general inflation.

If repairs needed where does that money come from?

As soon as a council ceases to be one it no longer contributes to running the others.

At the end of the day if there’s no money in the council coffers to purchase the house or to carry out repairs, the council can always say “no thanks, sell it yourself and we’ll just have back the percentage discount from the sale that you received when we sold it to you’.

Valuation? That will be on the same basis as when any land or property are compulsory purchased by the council. Two similar houses next to each other will be valued differently if they are in different conditions.

 

[Notch7]

I thought the money raised from the sale of council houses was supposed to be used to build more council houses.
Didnt Thatcher say that.

No Thatcher prevented council houses from building new houses

the housing act of 1980 forced councils to offer RTB and prevented councils from building more and the money that councils made from the sales had to be handed over to central government

Between 1980 and 1989, 970,558 council houses nationally were sold at a discount.​

Yet the issue was, when a council house was sold, it took that house out of the council’s portfolio for future generations. From the start, there were limitations on local authorities’ use of monies from the council house sales as most of it had to be given to central government in London, meaning only 390,560 new council houses were built between 1980 and 1989.

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and then we have the housing act of 1988

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[ajstoneservices]

Whatever happened to her mate Lady Porter

 

[Notch7]

Travelling through my local council estates I see plenty of flash cars on the drives, and personally know someone in one who gos on holiday twice a year. Seems to me that they can easily afford a mortgage. The shortage in council houses could be solved by kicking out the house hoggers who could rent private or get a mortgage.

you dont know which are privately owned and which arent

personally know someone in one who gos on holiday twice a year

a made up story

The shortage in council houses could be solved by kicking out the house hoggers

opinion stated as fact

Seems to me that they can easily afford a mortgage.

so people in council houses have £40,000 in a savings account ready for the deposit, do they?

oh and a salary thats around £80k a years

 

[aveatry]

you dont know which are privately owned and which arent

Its very easy to tell actually- obviously not for you as you live in a £1m+ sussex house who's only problems in your little village is some litter. Or when its really bad there might even be some teenagers hanging around the Church. FFS

 

[aveatry]

and personally know someone in one who gos on holiday twice a year.

a made up story

That's twice you have fallen back on that one when you have nothing.
It is not a made up story.

 

[aveatry]

so people in council houses have £40,000 in a savings account ready for the deposit, do they?
oh and a salary thats around £80k a years

Quite probably yes. - Perhaps not when they first got the council house but they seem well off enough now not to warrant a council house.
oh and a salary thats around £80k a years that would explain the expensive car on the drive then.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

you dont know which are privately owned and which arent

Then you would be - wrong... It is fairly obvious, the private ones here, have money spent on them, drives done, extensions, different doors and windows, a much more up market look to them. If there is still any doubt, you just need to watch where the council repair team vans pull up, as they so often need to do, often, at some of the lazier tenants, it is almost a weekly event to see the repair teams arrive.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Its very easy to tell actually- obviously not for you as you live in a £1m+ sussex house who's only problems in your little village is some litter. Or when its really bad there might even be some teenagers hanging around the Church. FFS

I can't even tell who owns and who rents in local estates to me, let alone who can afford holidays or not

The cars on the drive can be leased or high mileage wrecks that look good. The little old bangers might be owned and paid for

Image isn't detail

 

[aveatry]

Then you would be - wrong... It is fairly obvious, the private ones here, have money spent on them, drives done, extensions, different doors and windows, a much more up market look to them. If there is still any doubt, you just need to watch where the council repair team vans pull up, as they so often need to do, often, at some of the lazier tenants, it is almost a weekly event to see the repair teams arrive.

Yes that and the biggest giveaway of all is the council ones all have not long ago been insulated on the outside with identical render ECT and the private ones not.

I can't even tell who owns and who rents in local estates to me, let alone who can afford holidays or not
The cars on the drive can be leased or high mileage wrecks that look good. The little old bangers might be owned and paid for
Image isn't detail

I didn't say you can tell who goes on holiday twice a year - did I
And leased looking at £400 a month aren't you, + the extra initial deposit they do seem to favour BMWs on the estate.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I didn't say you can tell who goes on holiday twice a year - did I

But you can tell who owns and who rents by just driving past ?

 

[aveatry]

But you can tell who owns and who rents by just driving past ?

YES 100% I can.

 

[ajohn]

At the end of the day if there’s no money in the council coffers

You don't seem to realise that the council house budget is entirely different to the councils normal budget.

The council house budget is maintained purely from the rental income from them. Once sold even leasehold that income is lost. These days it seems it's not easy to sell a house that is subject to a leasehold so many will also buy the freehold. At that point the council has lost the land as well,

 

[Mottie]

Most houses won’t be leasehold. Flats will but the council will be the leaseholder so no problem for them.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

YES 100% I can.

I'm Impressed. Genuinely